According to organizer Roseann Reggiano, this year’s Tenth Annual Strutt Your Mutt pet fair and dog meander was the “best ever.” The Parks & Rec’s Assistant Director of Recreation said after expenses, $2,300 was raised to help sustain and improve the local Park and Bark dog park at Fairfield Hills.

Firefighters from four of Newtown's fire companies headed into Bethel on Sunday, May 19, when a massive fire destroyed a large portion of an industrial building in the southwestern section of the town.

Following discussion at a May 16 public hearing, P&Z members approved zoning regulations that place some controls on the size of attached or detached garages that can be constructed on residential lots with single-family houses.